Isol is one of the most famous authors and illustrators of children's books in the world. She has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. Her many publications include It's Useful to Have a Duck, Beautiful Griselda, Nocturne and Petit, the Monster. Isol is also an advertising illustrator, a professional singer, and a comic book writer. And perhaps best of all, for the purposes of this book, she is a new mother. She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Elisa Amado lives in Toronto.
The trope that imagines a baby as an exotic creature—or perhaps
even an alien—is taken to full and nearly irresistible flower.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Tender and funny, a celebration of the hard work that takes place
on both sides to settle the complicated little traveler into its
new world.
*Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED
REVIEW*
Human biology is made fresh and magnificent again. The shocking
perfection of our bodies and our mode of growing these bodies is
celebrated.
*New York Times*
The book ends on a particularly affirmative note, recognizing our
common baby origins and common human trajectories.
*Horn Book Magazine, review*
The poetic, the philosophical, and the practical converge into a
love letter to the unfolding of new life.
*Brain Pickings*
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